FWIW, Polk in general are looked down upon by audiophiles with some good reasoning. Vintage Polk not so much as they were much more suited for the audiophile world. Polk headed in a downward spiral after they courted the mass market and nothing they produced after could match their vintage products. I am currently, and have been for years, running an HT system with all vintage Polk speakers powered by an Emotiva XPA5 and a Lexicon processor. That said Polk speakers require some power to make them sing but 250w is more than enough to get there with plenty of headroom to spare. It' kind of ironic that you should be driving the speakers with a Yamaha as I experienced similar issues when I had mine mated with a Yamaha processor. The yammy had to go. I also strongly suggest fixing your listening environment before spending a lot of money on equipment. Nothing you buy will sound "right" until the supporting environment is corrected. Doing that will save big future dollars. You might also find it solved your immediate problem. Just saying. PS: Emotiva does make exellent and affordable equipment in its price range. It will never compete with the higher end equipment and it is not meant to.
Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers
Hello.
I have some polk LSIM707s that I thorough enjoy.
However, at the moment I'm powering them using a Yamaha aventage 3070 receiver which at 150 watts at 8ohms sounds pretty darn good.
However, since these are rated at 300 watts at 8 Ohms, I assume I will need some more power. I notice at lower volumes a lot of the imaging and clarity disappears.
I am looking at buying a 300 watt emotiva Amplifier, or a 500 watt emotiva amplifier.
I'm assuming it would be better to purchase the 500 watt per channel emotiva so the speakers won't suck it dry or stress it.
Am i wrong in this assumption?
I have some polk LSIM707s that I thorough enjoy.
However, at the moment I'm powering them using a Yamaha aventage 3070 receiver which at 150 watts at 8ohms sounds pretty darn good.
However, since these are rated at 300 watts at 8 Ohms, I assume I will need some more power. I notice at lower volumes a lot of the imaging and clarity disappears.
I am looking at buying a 300 watt emotiva Amplifier, or a 500 watt emotiva amplifier.
I'm assuming it would be better to purchase the 500 watt per channel emotiva so the speakers won't suck it dry or stress it.
Am i wrong in this assumption?